The Encyclopaedia of Scottish Football

by PhilH.Jones (Author), David W . Potter (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2011

  $10.59

  Scottish football is an enormous subject that has been deeply ingrained in the national culture for well over a century, making the 2008 publication of its first dedicated encyclopaedia well overdue, bursting with a mass of in-depth, entertaining and lovingly researched information. The second edition now takes this to new levels, containing not just an entry for every Scottish League club, but also senior non-league, junior and amateur clubs, stretching as far as defunct clubs who played in defunct leagues. The book features even more great players, managers and personalities. International matches, cup finals and regional trophies warrant detailed entries, alongside such subjects as the game's origins, women's football and sectarianism. Which Scottish footballer won an Oscar? When was Scottish football affected by an eclipse of the sun? Which Italian international player was born in Scotland? You will find the answers here, along with hundreds of hours of sheer joy for the Scottish football enthusiast.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2008

  $31.24

  Scottish Football is an enormous subject. Deeply ingrained in Scottish culture for well over a century, the vast, all-encompassing research contained within this book delves into every crevice that football in Scotland reaches. The first ever Encyclopedia of Scottish Football is packed with in-depth information and contains entries on every Scottish team that has ever participated in the Scottish League, and also on all the great players, managers and personalities of Scottish football, including Jock Stein, Kenny Dalglish, Barry Ferguson, Shunsuke Nakamura, Denis Law, Wattie Arnott, Jim Baxter, Alan Morton, Jimmy McGrory, Terry Butcher and John Robertson. All of Scotland's international games, Scottish Cup finals and Scottish League Cup finals are detailed, as are the winners of all the regional trophies, while also included are Scottish league tables, Scottish caps, derby matches, including the fierce Old Firm rivalry, the amateur leagues and the record of Scottish clubs in Europe.There are also entries on the origins of the game, goalscoring records, terrace chants and penalty shootouts, as well as the less pleasant aspects of the game such as violence, disasters and sectarianism, and even the occasion when Scottish football was affected by an eclipse of the sun. Packed with information about Scotland's vast football heritage, this is a book that followers of Scottish football will want to refer to again and again.